Luckily, a coordinator ushered the frightened kids inside and away from the danger. Filmed and set in South Central, it serves up a blistering snapshot of gang rivalry, vengeful drive-bys, police brutality all depicted in a pre-Rodney King LA. Last Friday, the children in the program ran in fear as gunfire rang out just feet from the program's playground. BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991) John Singleton ’s prototypical hood film, in which N.W.A’s Ice Cube proved his chops as a Serious Actor, is seemingly authentic to the core. One person was caught on camera shooting a handful just a few feet from the Wildcat Youth Academy's playground.ĭespite his good deeds, Cooper and his kids could not escape the violence happening around them. "I've stopped them from joining gangs, from getting in trouble," said Cooper. Nashville, San Bernardino, Chicago, all have similar violent crime rates as Compton. The first deputy gang acknowledged by the LASD was the 'Little Devils' in a later-released internal memo in 1973. Out of the 100 most populous cities in the United States, Compton’s violent crime rate is the 14th highest. He has dozens of kids on the waiting list for his Compton facility but Cooper lacks the funding to help them. In 2019, Compton had a violent crime rate of 1,142.41 incidents per 100,000 residents and it had a property crime rate of 2,427.62 per 100,000 residents. The Wildcats started as a youth sports program and expanded to include after-school activities and even childcare. "I have to know that some type of truce or some type of protection is going to happen here in Compton," said Coach Derrick Cooper.Ĭooper, the founder of Wildcat Youth Academy, has been working with kids in the area for 27 years. Violence between two rival gangs shuts down Compton after-school program 02:31Ī popular after-school program in Compton after a violent turf war between two rival gangs spilled onto its doorstep. PURO SOUTH SIDE COMPTON VARRIO LA TORRTILLA FLATS GANG 13.PK BK CK NK.
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